Simple Machines That Make Work Easier
How the World Works · Test how a lever changes how much effort a job takes.
Name: ____________
Date: __________
🎬 First, watch What Are Simple Machines? | Dr Binocs (Peekaboo Kidz)
🙌 Then try: Spoon Lever Lift — Balance a spoon on a small block to make a lever, place a coin on one end, and tap the other. Move the block to feel how the lever changes the effort.
- Predict: coin flies higher with the block near or far?
- Observe the spoon lever with the block in two spots.
- Record how high the coin jumped each time.
- Find and name a wheel, a ramp, and a lever in your home.
💭 Think about it
Which simple machine would help you most if you had to lift a very heavy box?
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